Apple is reportedly planning to ship AirTag 2 next year, about four years after its predecessor. And when it arrives, it will have a lot more to prove than most other Apple products. Here’s why.
AirTag isn’t the kind of product that you would expect annual updates for. It’s a fairly simple utility device. But now that several years have passed since the original’s introduction, Apple apparently has some worthy upgrades ready.
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the new version will look similar to the current model
Early in the iPhone’s life, Apple made only one model for everyone. Today, the company releases four flagships every year and also offers the iPhone SE and older models. It’s a lot to keep up with, but a gives us a good picture of which models are selling best.
an overview of Apple’s iPhone sales from the last few years. Their report focuses on comparing the different models to see what’s most popular.
Here are the raw numbers for this year’s iPhone
Shazam, the song recognition service that Apple acquired in 2018, today announced a major milestone: its users have now identified more than 100 billion songs.
The most identified song is Dance Monkey, by Tones and I, which has been recognized by Shazam more than 45 million times.
While the standalone Shazam app remains available in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, Shazam has been increasingly integrated into Apple’s operating systems and services.
For instance, you can add a Song Recognition
UK mobile carrier O2 has created Daisy, an AI grandmother designed to waste the time of phone scammers by keeping them on the line as long as possible.
Anyone can report a scam call or message by texting their number to 7722, where it will be checked and then added to the list of targets …
The longer you can keep a scammer on the line, the fewer innocent victims they will be able to call.
The idea of using a bot to do this automatically was popularized by , a
The legal battle over the free music streaming app Musi continues, with Apple defending its decision to remove it from the App Store ahead of a court case set to determine its fate …
Musi is a free music streaming app which pulls in music from YouTube.
The app proved a big hint with teens in particular, as it provided completely free music streams without the audio ad interruptions you get on Spotify’s free tier. You just listen to one set of ads when opening the app, and can listen uninterrupted afterwards.
A Mac version of the popular console game Control Ultimate Edition will launch on February 12 next year, says developer Remedy.
We don’t yet know the specs required to run it, but we can be certain that it will be limited to M-Series Macs …
The original version of the action adventure game Control was launched back in 2019 for PlayStation, Xbox, and Windows, with the Ultimate Edition coming a year later. Here’s how the company describes it:
After a secretive agency
Lawyers acting for Apple are today expected to ask a federal judge to dismiss the DOJ antitrust case against the company in its entirety.
The Department of Justice has for years been investigating whether Apple broke antitrust law by abusing its dominant position in the US smartphone market, before deciding that it did, and filing charges in March of this year …
As we noted at the time , the DOJ lawsuit ran to 88 pages, and can be politely described as “broad.”
It’s the very definition of a ‘
Leaked documents reveal that the Graykey iPhone hacking tool is able to “partially” access iPhone 16 models – but not if they are running any of the iOS 18 betas.
Graykey is a competitor to Cellebrite , and is intended for use by law enforcement agencies. We’ve seen similar leaked documents from Cellebrite before, but this is the first time we’ve discovered which devices Graykey can access …
The two companies both make similar products – hardware boxes and PC apps which connect to locked iPhones and run a
Compared to the iPhone and iPad, Apple Vision Pro has a limited number of apps available in the App Store. Even so, developers have been exploring the device’s capabilities with different projects, one of which is the Formula 1 app “Lapz.” Unfortunately, the app may not even make it to the App Store.
For those unfamiliar, Lapz is an app that lets Apple Vision Pro users watch F1 races on a virtual big screen while also being able to see the position of the drivers on a
If you just picked up or plan on performing a fresh install of macOS, you’ll need to change and configure many settings to meet your needs. In this updated Mac getting started guide, I walk through 60 different tips and tricks to help optimize your setup.
Even if you’re an experienced macOS user, chances are you’ll find a handful of new tips. Watch our video walkthrough, and for more.
In this written post, I’m including just a few of the items I